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The Grady County Progress. T. JUT. MAT OKS, E33XTOK. Leading Weekly Newspaper in Grady County. Published Weekly, Every Friday, by THE PROGRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year - - $1.00. Lix months 1 — 50 Three months -- - 26 Entered us Soeond-cln^.-iiiuiil mutter .Inly -2, 1010, at the I’oxt- oftice at Cairo, Gil., under the. uet otWCntijinsss of March !l, 1H71». Advertising Rates. Depends oil position'; number'rtf insertions and number of incites—tvill he given on application. Obituaries and curds nfthunks will lie charged for— on a line Not Responsible.—Tlie editor of Tin? Phooeeks is not respuii- sit do for the. views of (’dirrespondeiits. Correspondents solie, ited. UNITING TO ADVERTISE. At the recent term of Laurens county superior court the grand jury, in the gen eral presentments, recommended that the county commissioners, the city council of Dublin, board of trade and the railroads running into Dublin co-operate in advertis ing Dublin and Laurens county. Some such steps as above mentioned should be taken tq advertise Cairo and Grady county. TO FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL. Diversified farming as the efficient foe of the boll weevil will be urged upon the farmers of Georgia as the cardinal principle of a campaign of education decided upon by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The boll weevill, it was stated, is sched uled to make its appearance in Southwest ern Georgia within the next four years. Committees were appt i .ted to mdfi out de tails of a campaign in which it is hoped to enroll the assistance of all civic and indus trial organizations in the state. It was decided to raise a fund of $5,000 to defray the expenses of the corn show fo b) held in Atlanta next month. MANY KIND OF IERTILIZER SOLD. has been advanced and exhausted, after deep plowing, heavy fertilizing,.warehouses and all the rest have had their say—old Hog and Hominy gets up at last to close the argument and win the case. “Yes, here, indeed and in truth, is the key, and the only key to independence on the farm. Show us the man who has had corn and meat to sell, year in and year out, and we’ll show you a man who is absolutely independent of the manipulations of the cotton speculators, and who can hold this, his surplus crop until it suits him to sell it. “We need to keep this lesson before us. We should look after the cotton part of it— for it is important and is our great money crop; but it should not be the chief end and aim of the farm. We need to make Corn the King—and then we will live in the hap py and prosperous realm of Hog and Hom iny, sitting under our own vine and fig tree in peace and content, and none daring to molest us or make us afraid. “When the price of cotton goes down, and we ar Q in the hole for twenty-cent meat, these truths come home to us with peculiar force. It should be the prayer and the pride of every tiller of the soil in the South to be a Hog and Hominy farmer.”— Albany Herald. TO YOU, MR. MERCHANT. Subpose you knew a man who kept his shades drawn tight all day ana burned ker osene instead of letting in the sunlight. Suppose you knew a man toiling along a dusty road who would not accept a lift— when there was plenty of room in- the wag on. Suppose you knew a miller—with his mill built beside a swift-running stream— who insisted on turning the machinery by hand. All foolish, you say? And yet look aroupd you—how few retailers take advan tage of the great advertising campaigns run by food, textile, cloth and every other manufacturing line that you can name! fen years ago there were pnly 640 dif- - Think a moment! What was the last ferent brands of fertilizers sold in. Georgia, and the aggregate sales,then were 482,571 tons of straight fertilizers and 58,076 tons of cotton seed meal. The report of the Department of Agri culture, just out, shows that for the year just ended, Oct. 1* the number of brands of fertilizers sold in the state has increased more than three times, numbering now 2,452 brands, and the aggregate sales are more than twice as much or 1,022,048 tons of straight fertilizers and 91,152 tons of cotton seed meal. ^•hese figures simply show the number of tags sold; it is said that sometimes fer tilizers are sold in the state without tags, and that the real aggregate of fertilizers used during the year is considerably larger. HOG AND HOMINY. We don’t know where the following ar ticle originated, but it is good and timely. We find it in an exchange with the indiffer ent and indefinite credit, “Ex,” We would be glad to give the paper ifi which it origi nated due credit for it if we knew what pa per to credit: “After all is said about farming prob lems in the South, after every plan has been discussed and every argument~pro and con advertisement you read and wondered just which store in town would be progressive enough to have the goods in stock so you could see them—and purchase? More goods are sold under the evening lamp at home than you dream of. Practically every live retailer advertises in his local papers. But HOW? Put up your lightning rod. Let 'your customers know that you can deliver to them the goods which great advertising, paid for by manufacturers has interested them in. They will get the habit—and you will get the business. Practically every manufacturer stands ready to help you help yourself? Ask them for electrotypes suitable to run in your own advertising. Hook their trademark to your store. Consumers demand for advertised goods is now divided broadcast among all the stores in town. Use your advertising in local .papers to focus this demand upon your store—and don’t forget to send for those helpful elec* trotypes. Read this again, for it means money to you.—Robert Frothingham, Advertising- Manager, Butterick Trio. Low Excursion Rates Via ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD REDUCED ROUND TRIP RATES are authorized to following points, account occasions named: ::: : ATLANTA, GA.—Horse Show, October 18-21.- ATLANTA, GA.-*Fall Auto Race Meeting; NoVetnbeV 3-5. ATLANTA, GA.-Com Show, Nov. 23-25. COLUMBUS, GA.—Georgia Division Confederate Veterans Oct. 19-20 ELBERTON. GA.—Georgia Baptist Convention, November 15-18. LITTLE ROCK, ARK.—National Convention U. D. C. November 8-12 MACON, GA.—Georgia State Fair, October 26-November 5 REDUCED RATES are authorized to many other points and will be quoted upon application. Winter Tourist tickets on sale Oct. 15 to April 30, to resorts in Alabama, Cuba, Florida. Louisiana, Mississ ippi, Nassau Texas, etc. Reduced Rates are open to the general pub lic. For any information regarding travel rates to any points, sched ules, reservations, etc., see nearest A.C.L.;ticket agent or communi cate with L. P. GREEN, T.P.A. THOMASVILLE, GA. or E.M. NORTH, A.G.P.A. SAVANNAH, GA. NOTICE! I am strictly in the market for Long Staple Cotton both in bale and in the seed. Will pay highest cash price for same. J. J. COPPAGE, Cairo, Ga. Bishop H. C, Morrison, D. D. Bishop H. C. Morrison, D. D., a synopsis of whose sermon at the education of the Calvary church was published in the last issue of Tub Progress, is a native of K6n- t ;cky, where he lived for a number o 'years. He is no iv a resident of Leesburg, Fla. Bishop Morrison is in his sixty- nightb year. Has been in the min- w.r of the Methodist church nearly fifty years and for the past twelve years one of the bishops of the church. For.eight years he was missionary secretary of the church, after which he was chosen for his present high and' important field of service. Bishop Morrison has been long known as one of the ablest and most attractive preachers and successful pastors of Methodism. Most of his time was spent in charge of churches in such cities as Louisville. Ky., and Atlanta. Personally, Bishop Morrison is a very genial gentle man and one who would he picked out in a gathering as a man of pow • er and ability. Tall, erect, digni fied, with grey hair and piercing block eyes and a most pleasing countenance, he stands as a man of mark among bis brethren. Bishop Morrison will hold the ensuing ses sion of the South Georgia confer- AT REDUDED PRICES I’m selling out my entire stock consisting of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING HATS and CAPS, and LADIES TRIMMED HATS. On account we have to vacate the premises. We also give you special inducements with every purchase of $10.00. We will give you a present. A handsome $3.00 clock. Don’t miss the opportunity to purchase in my store be- you go elsewhere. .CORNER BROAD ANJ? BRYAN STREETS I. SHAPIRO, Proprietor. ence, which convenes at Columbus on November 30. This is his first visit to that conference and he will . be warmly welcomed by the preach ers and laymen who will compose that annual gathering. Subscribe for The Progress now It gives you all the news and is the official organ of Grady county.